I was talking to my neighbor about my current TiVo setup where I just added a TiVo 4 and Mini to my house. I described how it works that the Premiere 4 basically dedicates a tuner to the Mini.

He asked if he bought a Premiere 4 and 3 Mini's how it would work. MY understanding is that in this configuration, the Premiere 4 would only be left with 1 tuner to use for watching shows or recording. Is that correct? Thanks!

I was talking to my neighbor about my current TiVo setup where I just added a TiVo 4 and Mini to my house. I described how it works that the Premiere 4 basically dedicates a tuner to the Mini.

He asked if he bought a Premiere 4 and 3 Mini's how it would work. MY understanding is that in this configuration, the Premiere 4 would only be left with 1 tuner to use for watching shows or recording. Is that correct? Thanks!

You can only dedicate up to two tuners for Mini use from each Premiere 4. So they would be left with two tuners for recordings and two tuners would be shared between Minis. Or you could have only one or zero tuners shared between Minis to allow more tuners available for recording. At least this is how it works until they implement dynamic tuner allocation.

You can only dedicate up to two tuners for Mini use from each Premiere 4. So they would be left with two tuners for recordings and two tuners would be shared between Minis. Or you could have only one or zero tuners shared between Minis to allow more tuners available for recording. At least this is how it works until they implement dynamic tuner allocation.

Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't sure of that limit of # of Mini's per Premiere 4.

I the TP-4 can only give up two tuners, but I don't know if the 3rd Mini without a tuner will still work on your system, you should call TiVo about that.

There is no real info online and I figured I'd try here first with someone who actually has done it. It would make sense that you could have > 2 tivo minis as I figure that is the reason why the tivo mini 'goes to sleep' and asks if you are still there after an hour or so.